El vie, 03 de dic de 1999, a las 03:43:39 -0600, Brad dijo: > On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 01:11:05PM +0100, J Horacio MG wrote: > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 10 80293+ 83 Linux native > > /dev/hda2 11 20 80325 83 Linux native > > /dev/hda3 1000 1024 200812+ 82 Linux swap > > /dev/hda4 21 999 7863817+ 5 Extended > > You've used up all your primary partitions, so it's impossible to create > another partition out of that free space. You can't even expand the > extended partition (hda4) to include that extra space, since there's > another primary in the way (hda3). > > The only way to get use out of that space is to repartition.
Thanks, but I already knew all that. In fact, /dev/hda2 is empty and is not being used at all, so I could use that one. But my question was different: when I first partitioned my disk, I left NO space without partitioning... so, what's that "unusable" space doing there? where did it come from? Regards, -- Horacio Anno MMDCCLII ad Urbe condita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valencia - ESPAÑA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = F4EE AE5E 2F01 0DB3 62F2 A9F4 AD31 7093 4233 7AE6